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Gibraltar Mint enters international market

May 8, 2014 – With the issue of the Gibraltar Silver Royal, a legal tender coin with a face value of 20 pounds, the Gibraltar Mint officially joins the market of international coinage. The Silver Royal contains one troy ounce of pure fine silver with a millesimal fineness of 999.

Gibraltar/ 20 pounds/ Troy ounce/ Silver 999/ 37 mm.

The 20 pounds Gibraltar Silver Royal is engraved on the obverse with a timeless effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, together with an image of the Rock of Gibraltar in the background and the inscription “Queen of Gibraltar”. The reverse of the Gibraltar Silver Royal depicts the Coat of Arms of Gibraltar.

The quality and elegance of the Gibraltar Silver Royal combined with the purity of its silver content and high legal tender value will make this issue a powerful entry for Gibraltar into the international world of silver bullion coins.

The Gibraltar International Mint, majority owned by the Gibraltar Government has been entrusted with the global distribution of the Silver Royal.